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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the federal carbon tax set to rise from $65 to $80 per tonne on April 1, two new essays—published today by the Fraser Institute—make two opposing arguments, to retain the tax (after fixing it) and to scrap the tax. According to the first essay, Reforming the Federal Government's Carbon Tax Plan, the government should reform the tax to mitigate its negative economic impacts so the tax simply replaces—an...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian governments spent $52 billion in 2022 subsidizing businesses across all provinces—including federal, provincial, and local spending—finds a new report published today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “These subsidies for businesses—also known as corporate welfare—come with huge costs to government budgets and taxpayers while doing lit...

TORONTO, Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a ranking of median employment incomes in the 15 largest metropolitan areas in Canada and the United...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — One out of every two Grade 10 students in British Columbia failed to meet the proficiency…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Australia spends slightly less on its universal health care as a share of its economy, but…

TORONTO, Dec. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As a result of increasing restrictions on liberties in Hong Kong—once among the freest places on earth—it now...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canadian patients waited longer than ever this year for medical treatment, finds a new study…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian patients waited longer than ever this year for medical treatment, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. The study, an annual survey of physicians across Canada, reports a median wait time of 27.7 weeks—the longest ever recorded, longer than the wait of 27.4 weeks reported in 2022—and 198 per cent higher than the 9.3 weeks Canadi...

MONTREAL, Nov. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Fraser Institute today published its annual rankings of Quebec secondary schools, identifying schools...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Among a group of 30 high-income countries that have universally accessible health...